ISLAMABAD: The construction on addition of two lanes to 43.4km long national road (N-55) from Ratodero to Shirkarphur in Sindh has formally started.
The project is owned by National Highways Authority (NHA), and contracted by a Chinese enterprise, TIEC (Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group Corporation Limited), which is one of the top 250 global contractors of ENR in 2020.
It is the first road infrastructure project in Sindh during the epidemic and the first project to be implemented by the NHA in 2020. Meanwhile, this project is considered an important part of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) plan.
TIEC has won the bid for this project at the end of August and it is expected to be completed in 24 months.
Xu Wei, the manager of TIEC, said earlier in an interview that during the construction period of this project, TIEC will establish a joint venture with the cooperative enterprises for project management and implementation, and the labor force will mainly be Pakistani local employees.
“As a Chinese enterprise which attaches great importance to CPEC, we adhere to localized operation mode. TIEC strives to train local technical workers and management talents,” he said.
Xu stated that, “Localized operations have brought great benefits to local development. The projects provide many jobs, fund the training of local labor, and extensively use local building materials.”
TIEC interested in the construction sector of Pakistan, such as housing, roads, airports, hospitals, and other municipal works. “We will further explore the area of construction investment as well,” Xu said. (With input from INP)
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